I agree, I love my 10' tin! I have a 17' Boston Whaler that I use for my saltwater fishing. The Whaler (with the motor trimed up) IS capable in getting into some low water (not as low as my tin), I keep it at a friends mooring in saltwater and it wouldn't make any sense to pull it out of the water every time I want to fish freshwater (which is very often, I salt fish more in the fall/winter) and it's overkill for the size ponds I fish. That's where my old banged up tin comes in.
My favorite pond has a small secluded cove which has a sandbar that spreads the distance of at the entrance.... the bar is sometimes less than a foot deep and has various rocks and logs laying around it. Once past the bar, the water drops down to about 3' feet and is a bass haven full of lily pads and lots of cover. The big $30,000 bass boats can never get in there. There's been talk about a couple of guys getting in the water and "dredging" out an entrance with shovels.... I hope this doesn't happen because the few of us guys who can get into the spot, respect it and release everything, I think big engine'd bass boats will disturb a nice quiet area of the pond.
Now, I wouldn't mind a nice 80mph 250-300hp bass boat, I can't deny that! But I do love my little beat up tin.
Mike